Thursday, April 12, 2012

Flower Pot Dirt Dessert

For my first post, I chose something I have made pretty recently. Since I didn't have a blog yet, I didn't take step-by-step photos while making them.

For my daughter's 6th birthday, I made Flower Pot Dirt Dessert cups for her snack to share at school. All it takes is chocolate pudding, whipped topping, Oreos, gummy worms, green spoons, pipe cleaners, and some cups that can double as flower pots. I used the recipe from Kraft, but then modified it some. I made the instant chocolate pudding according to package directions and mixed in the Cool Whip and crushed Oreos, but I used more pudding and Oreos to make darker "dirt". Top with more crushed Oreos and then put in a gummy worm or two.

I used cups that I bought 10 for $1 at a dollar store. You could use anything that looks remotely flower-pot-ish. I found green plastic spoons at a party store and topped them with a flower made from pipe cleaners.

All the children loved them. And even the boys wanted to keep their flower spoons.

I realize that many schools don't allow homemade treats, but luckily, my daughter's school still does.

Good luck and enjoy!UPDATE: Here are the instructions on how I made the flower spoons.I bought green spoons at a party store and pipe cleaners (aka fuzzy sticks) at WalMart or Target.

I bent the flower blossom color into a W shape. I cut the flower center in half then bent into a V.

I then took the points of the W and bent them to the center, forming the straight sides into the four petals.

Now you have a flower shape and a V.

Next, place the point of the V over the center of the flower, catching the bends that are across from each other, not the open side.

Place on top of spoon, tucking the loose ends under the flower.

Wrap and twist tightly around the spoon.

Come back to the front, twist and go to the back and twist tightly again.

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Just stumbled upon this and I'm going to try it! My daughter has her 3 1/2 birthday party coming up (Christmas baby so we celebrate mid-year) and we're going with the theme of 'Grow'. I love that the spoon-flower is a (necessary) integration of the whole thing. Cool idea!

Great idea! I am studying "the garden" with my kindergarteners, and next week we are studying "earth worms" and how they benefit gardens. This will work perfectly for a fun activity just before Snack Time!